The Research Data Alliance: a (data) window to the world RDA Meet & Greet, Perth, 6th August 2019 Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General, Research Data Alliance hilary.hanahoe@rda-foundation.org | @hilaryhanahoe | @resdatall

Slides at https://www.rd- alliance.org/rda-meet- greet-australia

What’s in a word? research data management open science open data data commons FAIR science cloud

Ambitious … but not impossible The RDA Vision Researchers and innovators openly share data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society. www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

Complex … but achievable The RDA Mission Build the social and technical bridges that enable open sharing and re-use of data. www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

RDA Guiding Principles Openness Consensus Balance Harmonization Community-driven Non-profit and technology-neutral www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

Designed and developed by the Community … for the community Multi, cross- and inter- disciplinary Grass roots approach International, neutral, social platform www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

Who is the Research Data Alliance? What type of data professionals make up the RDA community and where do they come from? www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

RDA across the globe 8,642+ RDA members from 137 different countries Guiding Principles: Openness Consensus Balance Harmonization Community-driven Non-profit and technology-neutral 8,642+ RDA members from 137 different countries www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

RDA Organisational Type 68% Academia / Research 14% Gov / Public Admin www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

Become a community member in quick, easy steps Click “Registration” Complete Form Adhere to RDA Guiding principles Submit Approval (by RDA Secretariat) within 2 working days

How is Australia represented in RDA? 350+ Community Members (4%) representing 140 organisations 18 Working / Interest Group co-chairs (5%) RDA Council RDA Technical Advisory Board RDA Secretariat CC BY-SA 4.0

The heart of RDA … 88 groups Interest Groups Working Groups develop and implement tools, policy, practices & products for data management that are adopted and used by projects, organisations, communities TIMING: 12-18 MONTHS TOTAL: 32 Working Groups focus on solving a specific data sharing problem and identifying what kind of infrastructure needs to be built. TIMING: as long as group is active TOTAL: 56 Interest Groups RECOMMENDATIONS: Concrete deliverables - “Running code”, tools, standards, etc. OUTPUT: Possibly case statements for new WGs, guidelines, best practice, etc. www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

Which groups are for you? https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-for-you

RDA Recommendations & Outputs SUPPORTING OUTPUTS OTHER OUTPUTS Equivalent of the “specifications” or “standards” that other organisations create and endorse. 19 Recommendations of which 8 ICT Technical Specifications Outputs of RDA WGs and IGs that are fruit of RDA work, but are not necessarily adoptable bridges. 13 Supporting Outputs Anything a WG or IG wants to register and report, e.g. workshop reports, articles, survey results, etc. www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

Data standards for Agriculture: INRA adoption of RDA Outputs Wheat Data Interoperability Guidelines Agrisemantics WG recommendations Data Fabric “23 Things: Libraries for Research Data” FAIRsharing Registry Dynamic Data Citation https://www.rd-alliance.org/data-standards-agriculture-inra-adoption-rda-outputs www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate Data Modelling: DKRZ adoption case Data Foundation and Terminology PID Information Types Data Fabric Data Type Registries Dynamic Data Citation https://www.rd-alliance.org/dkrz-adopts-6-rda-outputs-climate-data-modelling CC BY-SA 4.0

CoreTrustSeal: adoption cases Implemented in 61 repositories worldwide to date Australian Data Archive (ADA) - 2018 CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP) – 2018 Australian Antarctic Data Centre - 2018 Data repository certification based on the DSA–WDS Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements catalogue and procedures https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-coretrustseal-adoption-story-across-domains-and-regions CC BY-SA 4.0

23 Things for Research Data: adoption case 23 Research Data things programme created by ANDS with over 1,500 participants. Repurposed: 23 Research Data Things: developed by ANDS, Nectar, RDS 10 Health and Medical Things: developed by ANDS, Nectar, RDS 10 Marine Science (rd) Things: developed by Edith Cowan University 10 Astronomy Things: developed by ADACS for the astronomy community 10 Eco Data Things: developed as part of the EcoCloud project. 10 FAIR Data and Software Things: ARDC driven global sprint (2018) 10 HASS (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) Data Things http://www.ands.org.au/working-with-data/skills/23-research-data-things CC BY-SA 4.0

Staying informed | Getting involved ARDC facilitates Communities of Practice, of which 5 are directly linked to RDA Working | Interest groups: Australian Vocabulary SIG Data librarians community Data Management Plans IG Research Data Provenance IG Trusted Data Repositories community https://ardc.edu.au/resources/communities-of-practice/

RDA Plenary Meetings www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

What are RDA Plenary Meetings? Organised around the world every 6 months exciting & productive events bringing together a unique community of data science professionals, from multiple disciplines and domains; help move the community forward in creating tangible deliverables that improve data sharing across disciplines, technologies, and countries; heart of the plenaries are working meetings of RDA Working & Interest groups and new potential groups through Birds of a Feather meetings presentation of new Outputs and Adoption cases www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

15th Plenary Meeting 18-20 March 2020 Melbourne, Australia https://www.rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-15th-plenary-meeting-australia

14th RDA Plenary Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, 23 – 25 October 2019 Over 60 Working, Interest & Birds of Feather (BoF) sessions 15+ co-located events www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-14th-plenary-helsinki-espoo CC BY-SA 4.0

Getting the most from a Plenary: Actions for the Australasian community RDA Plenary meetings are WORKING meetings. A checklist on getting the most from them: Identify your area of interest Check the existing groups (see RDA for You) Contact your international colleagues Collectively outline your international idea Apply for a Birds of a Feather (BoF) meeting (Oct 2019) Upon approval – prepare well – 90 minutes to conquer the globe  www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

Collaborate, Co-operate, Co-create If you want to go fast, go alone If you want to go far, go together African Proverb

Special thanks to our Australian champions The Research Data Alliance (RDA) is supported by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

THANK YOU VERY MUCH RDA Email - enquiries@rd-alliance.org Web - www.rd-alliance.org Twitter - @resdatall LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/ResearchDataAlliance Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/ResearchDataAlliance The Research Data Alliance: a (data) window to the world RDA Meet & Greet, 6th August 2019 Perth, Australia Hilary Hanahoe Secretary General, Research Data Alliance Email - hilary.hanahoe@rda-foundation.org Twitter - @hilaryhanahoe www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

RDA Further Information Resources e-Communication Package RDA Recommendations and Outputs RDA Value statements for: Individuals RDA in a Nutshell Slide set Organisations performing Research RDA in one word Video Student/Early Careers Funders Libraries The European Open Science Cloud Regions https://www.rd-alliance.org/about-us/communication-kit/e-communication-package CC BY-SA 4.0